Cross-Cultural Journalism and Strategic Communication

María E. Len-Ríos is Professor of Public Relations and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia. Before earning a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Missouri, she worked in advertising/public relations and marketing in Atlanta. She taught the cross-cultural journalism course at Missouri for ten years. Earnest L. Perry is Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. Before earning a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Missouri, he worked as a newspaper journalist in Texas, Connecticut and Illinois. He is the lead instructor of the cross-cultural journalism course at Missouri, which began in 1998 and was one of the first required journalism diversity courses in the country.

• Cross-Cultural Journalism and Strategic Communication: Communicating About DiversityTable of ContentsPART I: CONCEPTUAL GROUNDINGChapter 1 – Conceptual UnderstandingEarnest L. Perry and María E. Len-RíosChapter 2 – Talking Across Difference Keith WoodsChapter 3 – Who’s American?Saleem Alhabash, Carie Cunningham and Anastasia KononovaPART II: APPLICATIONChapter 4 – Making Class Matter: Journalism and Social Class Ryan Thomas and Marina HendricksChapter 5 – Gender and the Media: Envisioning Equality Yong Volz and María E. Len-Ríos Chapter 6 – Mass Media and the LBGT Community Gary HicksChapter 7 – Missing in Action: Religion in Mass Media Markets and NewsDebra Mason Chapter 8 – Reporting and Strategic Communication Across Borders Beverly Horvit and Yulia MedvedevaChapter 9 – Immigrants and Immigration: Reporting the New America Melita M. Garza Chapter 10 – Achieving Excellence in Crime Coverage Earnest L. PerryChapter 11– The Complexity of Disability Chad PainterChapter 12 – Rx for Communicating about Health InequalitiesAmanda Hinnant and María E. Len-Ríos Chapter 13 – Talkin’ ‘bout My Generation: Understanding Generational Differences Teri FinnemanChapter 14 – Telling—and Erasing—Diverse Stories in Sports David Welch Suggs, Jr. Chapter 15 – Next: Where Do We Go From Here?María E. Len-Ríos and Earnest L. Perry

Praise for the Previous Edition:"Respecting difference and interrupting implicit bias are paramount skills for any communicator, especially journalists and public-relations professionals. Cross-Cultural Journalism will help students with both. This book—with its range of cultural and industry expertise—will make students aware of their responsibilities as mass communicators and open their hearts and minds to the complexities of the communities they are supposed to serve." —Andrea Otanez, University of Washington"Cross-Cultural Journalism provides just the right mix of scholarly and professional insights needed to match my approach to teaching journalists and strategic communicators about diversity. The contemporary examples used throughout the book are great." —George L. Daniels, The University of Alabama